Vice President of HR Strategy

Vice President of HR Strategy

The HR Strategy Vice President will help lead project teams in solving complex issues and identifying opportunities that are most important to the Firm and to the HROC. Projects could include transformation of: recruiting, talent management, learning, performance development, HR operations, workforce analytics, and robotics, alongside delivering points of view / studies on new HR / talent-related trends and developments in the broader external landscape. This is a unique opportunity to help define the overall HR strategic direction and deliver on transformational people-related initiatives on a large global scale.

This position provides an excellent opportunity to:
• Gain exposure to the senior management
• Influence the agendas of the HROC and other members of senior management
• Advance managements thinking on key HR / talent / workforce trends and opportunities
• Grow and apply expertise across the Human Resources domain
• Develop a comprehensive answer on key people strategy topics
• Build and/or grow a platform for advancement in the organization
The ideal candidate will have:
• 6+ years of relevant experience in management consulting and/or internal consulting functions, including project experience within the HR space
• Awareness of and passion for people management issues and trends
• Experience in / knowledge of financial services industry or highly complex global organizations a plus
• An outstanding ability to:
• Define and deconstruct problems
• Apply structured approaches to analyzing and solving ambiguous problems
• Lead quantitative and qualitative analyses and extract key themes and insights
• Apply strong business judgment to surface implications and practical, high impact options
• Perform competitor/industry research leveraging both public and non-public sources
• Conduct internal and external interviews
• Create concise communication materials and present findings to senior management
• Synthesize data and develop recommendations
• People leadership and management skills – ability to manage professionals in project-based environments and ability to coach and develop the team
• Interpersonal leadership and influencing skills – ability to lead projects, partner with, influence, and manage colleagues at all levels, prioritize issues and manage team capacity